News from August 2021
By Interior Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: CRATER LAKE, OR - The Ride the Rim event scheduled for September 11 and 18 is being postponed until 2022 due to multiple factors including rising COVID-19 case rates throughout Oregon, limited availability of staff and volunteers, and ongoing unhealthy air quality from fires throughout the region.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: DAVENPORT, IOWA - On Aug. 24, 2021, United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose sentenced Clinton Andrew Wynn, age 43, of Ottumwa, to 332 months in prison on gun and drug charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TORREL KNOX (“KNOX"), age 28, of New Orleans, Louisiana was sentenced to imprisonment on Aug. 19, 2021 by U.S. District Court Judge Eldon E. Fallon for charges relating to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: An indictment was unsealed today charging former registered nurse Mary Cheatham, 41, of Ypsilanti, MI, with one count of tampering with a consumer product, specifically the Schedule II controlled substance hydromorphone, which is used for pain relief, announced Acting United States Attorney Saima Mohsin.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that TORREL KNOX (“KNOX"), age 28, of New Orleans, Louisiana was sentenced to imprisonment on Aug. 19, 2021 by U.S. District Court Judge Eldon E. Fallon for charges relating to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Reston man was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with a scheme to create counterfeit Economic Impact Payments, also known as COVID-19 stimulus checks, and for attempting to conduct a series of fraudulent financial transactions.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: SHERMAN, Texas - A Dallas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Carenow Services, LLC, a Roswell-based psychotherapy services provider, as well as its CEO Leena Karun (collectively “Carenow"), have agreed to pay $2 million to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare and Medicaid for psychotherapy sessions at nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities that were medically unnecessary, improperly documented, or billed at higher intensity levels than justified (a practice known as upcoding).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: DAVENPORT, IOWA - A Clinton man, Ray Daytrel Hopkins, age 45, was sentenced on Aug. 24, 2021, by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 120 months in prison for Possession of Child Pornography. Hopkins was ordered to serve 10 years of supervised release to follow his prison term and pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund and $6,000 in restitution.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from phase 3.2 of the experimental Household Pulse Survey. This phase of data collection includes new questions on the Child Tax Credit, sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI), rent/mortgage arrears, utility arrears and restrictions, summer catch-up education activities for grades K-12 and preventative health care for children.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - Randolph Anthony Scott, Jr., a prolific gun dealer, has pleaded guilty to charges of unlawfully dealing firearms, making a false statement to a federally licensed firearms dealer, and interstate travel and purchase of firearms with intent to deal without a license.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: The 2020 Annual Business Survey (ABS) First Look infographic provides preliminary statistics on the highest level of education completed by business owners for data year 2019. The ABS is conducted jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) within the National Science Foundation.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA: A Savannah woman has been sentenced after admitting she “structured" cash withdrawals, which were part of a scheme to steal millions of dollars from other people’s retirement accounts.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md. - The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today the expert team members who will conduct a technical investigation into the June 24, 2021, partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: Defendant Raised More than $100 Million In Investments And Is Charged With Overstating Revenue To Investors.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: One Defendant was a USPS Letter Carrier Who Allegedly Stole Mail Which was Used to Perpetrate the Fraud; Defendants Stole $565,000 from Maryland Businesses and Identities from USPS Customers.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Casey Seesholtz, age 31, of Berwick, Pennsylvania, was charged in a criminal information with conspiring to manufacture and distribute anabolic steroids. Seesholtz was charged on Aug. 27, 2020 and pleaded guilty on Sept. 3, 2020, but the information remained under seal until recently.
By State Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
Release: On behalf of the government of the United States, I congratulate the people of Uruguay as you celebrate the 196th anniversary of your independence.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: Eight pounds of meth, three loaded handguns seized in traffic stop.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Quayshaun Mitchell, age 28, of Syracuse, was sentenced today to serve 6 months of home detention, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, for helping another person steal mail from United States Postal Service (USPS) collection boxes.
